Do you grind your teeth and clench your fists in fury when downloadable content is announced? Maybe, just maybe, a bitter smile will spread across your twisted face at the news that there are no plans for any Dark Souls DLC at all.

From Software's spiritual successor to Demon's Souls is intended to be a complete and static package, publisher Namco Bandai said in a Gamescom presentation attended by IGN. So no, no DLC.

Your masochistic side will have to make do with the copious amounts of pain and suffering included in the box when Dark Souls arrives for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on October 4.

On the subject of things which actually are in Dark Souls, here's a look at the Gamescom demo build, in case you missed it last week: